Meet the Team

Staff

MCAA Staff

Director of Collegiate Recruitment and Retention

Concordia University, Irvine Master's Degree in Coaching and Athletic Administration Program (MCAA) proudly announces the addition of Dr. James Forkum to its staff. Dr. Forkum (Jim) has had a stellar career spanning 44 years as a teacher, professor, men's basketball coach, academic and athletic administrator, college admissions director, and speaker on adult learning theory and generational differences. He no sooner joined the staff when he was named the National Community College Athletic Director of the Year. The MCAA Program is delighted to welcome him as the National Director of Collegiate Recruitment and Retention.

Jim recently served as Santa Rosa Junior College's Dean of Instruction in Kinesiology, Athletics, and Dance, and Director of Athletics. He oversaw a large academic program offering over 230 different course offerings and supervised a teaching staff of fifteen full time teaching faculty and over 50 part-time instructors. As Dean of Instruction, Jim routinely supervised all facets of the total operation of the division including major and certificate development, curriculum development, course scheduling, and faculty/staff evaluations.

As Director of Athletics, Jim had responsibilities for 20 sport programs, (one of California's largest) as well as seven club sports. Jim administered the athletic participation of over 500 student-athletes and club participants competing in the Big 8 Conference. Jim's teams won over 35 Big 8 Conference championships, 10 Nor Cal titles and five state championships.

Jim is especially proud of the academic achievements of his athletes. Santa Rosa Junior College (SRJC) student-athletes have been recognized with numerous conference and state individual and team academic awards, including National Alliance of Two Year College Athletic Administrators (NATYCAA's) National Male Scholar Athlete of the Year. Every year SRJC averaged over 14 student-athletes earning perfect 4.0 GPAs and the athletes as a whole consistently averaged a higher GPA than the student body at large – just below 3.0.

"I am proud and humbled to join the Concordia University Irvine Master's in Coaching and Athletic Administration program. I truly believe getting involved with this program is the next step in my evolution as an athletics administrator, coach, and graduate level educator. I am convinced the MCAA degree can be a transformative event in the professional development of our students."

Dr. Forkum resides in Santa Rosa with his wife, Dr. Sherry Forkum, and has two grown children who both reside in the San Francisco area.

Griffith, Nicole

MCAA Staff

Nicole enthusiastically joined the MCAA team as the Administrative Assistant in the summer of 2013. She grew up in Murrieta, CA, and then moved to San Luis Obispo to attend California Polytechnic State University. While attending, she worked for the Office of the Registrar where she helped students with registration, transcripts, graduation requirements, and records. Within 3 years, she received her bachelor’s degree in Sociology and a minor in Women’s Studies. After graduating, she moved to San Francisco to work at Sterne School as the Office Administrator and Assistant Registrar. Through her experiences, she has learned a lot about education and school administration. Nicole has now relocated to Huntington Beach, and she is engaged to get married next year. She is thrilled to be a part of Concordia University, and a member of the MCAA team!

MCAA Staff

Academic Advisor, MCAA

Sheila Hannah joined the MCAA team in 2013. She was born and raised in Bellflower, CA and attended Cerritos College and later transferred to California State University, Long Beach. She received her Bachelor’s degree in English Education with a minor in Creative Writing. Two years later, Sheila became an English teacher
for Riverside Christian Schools and taught junior high and high school for
three years. She learned a lot about management, learning styles, and personalities. She decided to pursue a career in adult education, and received her MAED degree from University of Phoenix in June 2010 in the Master of Arts in Education/Adult Education and Training program. Her goal is to advise and educate adults at Concordia University and cultivate an open environment for students to feel comfortable sharing their stories with her. She looks forward to accomplishing her educational goals and learning new ideas, while continuing in her doctorate program.

MCAA Staff

New Technology/Customer Service Director

Walt Herd is the Tech/Customer Service Director for the Concordia University Irvine Master of Arts in Coaching and Athletic Administration program where he is responsible for technical training, development and assistance for the MCAA Program faculty, staff and students. He serves as technical liaison for all MCAA Program activities, helping utilize Blackboard and other technologies to their fullest extent. Walt has been at Concordia Irvine for over 6 years. His good reputation for service to faculty, staff and students precedes him in his position with MCAA. Prior to Concordia, Walt has worked with IBM, ITT and Ingram Micro (technology distributor) among others. At Ingram, Walt prepared the concept, development and execution of a world class web application to assist customers and company associates with their marketing needs. He also created the first web site for the City of Carlsbad library way back in the beginning of the Internet world. These experiences will serve him well to collaborate with faculty, staff and students in their online experience in the MCAA program. Walt grew up in New York and gradually worked his way to the West Coast after going to college at Denver University with a short one year diversion to the University of Hawaii. He has a BA from the University of Arizona and did post grad work at Arizona State University. Walt has two daughters and 5 grandchildren. His son-in-law, Jeff Held, PhD, is a professor in the CUI music department.

MCAA Staff

Associate Director of Admissions, MCAA

Chris came to CUI after spending the last four and half years as an admissions coordinator for a technical college in Pennsylvania. He's a graduate of California University of Pennsylvania and received his Masters in Counseling from the University of Pittsburgh. Chris married Anne Wilcox on November 28th, 2009. They returned from a beautiful honeymoon in Maui and now reside in Bethel Park, PA. Until God blesses them with children, all of their parental love goes to their beagle Charlie for now. Anne, Chris, and Charlie are very excited to be members of the Concordia University family, and look forward to an exciting future here.

MCAA Faculty/Staff

Assistant Director, MCAA
MCAA 595 Culminating Project

Chelsea joined the MCAA team in September of 2008. She serves as the Director of Advisement and works with students from the day they enroll in the program up to the day of graduation. She also serves as a Culminating Project Advisor for students working on their Portfolios. She formerly worked as a graduate advisor for M.A., M.S. and PsyD. Psychology students at an online university. She received her undergraduate degree from Indiana University of Pennsylvania where she majored in education and competed in both cross country and track and field. In addition, she holds an M.A. degree from Seton Hill University in Greensburg, PA and a M.S. from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, PA. Chelsea served two years working on campus and now works remotely for Concordia and resides in Florida. As the MCAA program grows, she will be recruiting in the southeast region for the program.

MCAA Staff

Associate Director of Admissions, MCAA

Concordia University, Irvine Master's Degree in Coaching and Athletic Administration Program (MCAA) is proud to have Jon serving our students on the West Coast. Jon serves as the Associate Director of Admissions for the program and will be dealing with students west of Texas and up. Jon was brought on board to handle the growing number of students God has continued to bless the MCAA program with. Jon has been able to witness the growth and evolution of the MCAA program in his time here at Concordia. The MCAA Program is happy to have him as a part of the team in his role as the Associate Director of Admissions – MCAA.

Jon’s work background ranges from being in the Real Estate industry handling the day to day operations for a Property Management Company to coaching softball at Woodcrest Christian High School. Jon has also served with the Admissions team at California Baptist University where he earned his Undergraduate degree in Business Marketing. Jon’s athletic background is in baseball. He has also coached both baseball and softball from 13-14 year olds to the Varsity High School level. Jon’s experience is filled with athletics, sales, and marketing which he has been glad to bring to the MCAA program.

Jon's unique background in Admissions, Real Estate, and Coaching has served him well here at Concordia University Irvine. Jon is excited for the continued growth of the program and his role in serving the MCAA department and admissions.

Number of Years in MCAA: Jon has been with the Grad Admissions and MCAA
team since February of 2013

Number of Years in Athletics/Administration: Jon has coached baseball and
softball for a combined 8+ years

Full Time Faculty

MCAA Faculty

Curt earned his BS in Physical Education and Biology at Concordia University Nebraska ('73) participating in wrestling and football. He received his MS degree in Human Kinetics from University of Wisconsin ('89) and PhD in Sports Administration from University of New Mexico ('07). His doctoral research was on high school coaching evaluations. During his teaching, coaching and administrative career he has been an advocate of personal health and lifetime activities while also promoting the value of strong co-curricular athletic programs. Programs that provide a balance of academic and personal character development while striving to promote excellence in all aspects of athletic endeavors.

Curt served at Martin Luther High School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin for 18 years where he coached football, wrestling and track & field. For 13 years he was the Director of Athletics and was the key principle in the athletic facility development for the school adding football, baseball, soccer, softball game and practice fields and a track & field facility. He served on local, conference, and state athletic boards, receiving an Athletic Director of the Year award for the 87-88 year.

For the past 18 years Curt has been at Concordia University teaching, coaching and served as Director of Athletics for 7 years. During those years 2 teams won National Championships and several teams made appearances at Regional and National Championship playoffs. Since retiring as the Director of Athletics he still maintains his connection to athletics as the University's Faculty Athletics Representative to the NAIA.

Curt now teaches full time and the focus of his work is on undergraduate Health and Wellness, Sports Management, Physical Education and Masters level Coaching and Athletic Administration. Most recently, as a part of the Sport Management Program, he has developed training that offers certificates for members of the Shanghai Sports Bureau in the area of Sport Business and Sport Coaching through the Center for Excellence – Sport Leadership. On the anniversary date of the '08 Beijing Olympics he presented, at the 2009 International Forum of China Sports Culture and Economic Development in Beijing, China, to the assembly on the topic "How the American experience in the area of sport coaching athletics education would benefit the cultivation of sport talents in China."

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Dave Cowen has celebrated 37 years in public education and enjoyed being a special education teacher, department chair, coach, director of athletics, as well as various administrative positions that include being the Principal of John F. Kennedy High School in La Palma and Assistant Superintendent of Anaheim Union High School District.

One of Dave's most memorable periods was serving as coach and athletic director for Woodbridge High School in Irvine, California from 1980 to 1998. Woodbridge HS was honored as having the "Best Overall Athletic Program" in California in 1987 and 1997 under his leadership.

Dave has had the great opportunity to coach the Orange County High School "All-Star" teams in both football and baseball. He has also served as the President of the Orange County Athletic Directors Association from 1994 to 1996. Dave was the State CIF Regional Director for the California State Basketball Championships, as well as the CIF-Southern Section Director for the Diving Championships during the 1990's. He has also served on various CIF committees and supervised the athletic activities and intramural programs at 22 district junior high and high schools in Anaheim Union High School District.

In his spare time, Dave teaches courses (MCAA 510 and 560) in the Master of Arts in Coaching and Athletic Administration program at Concordia University in Irvine, California. Dave currently resides in Tustin, California, with his wife Linda. He
enjoys golf, snorkeling, travel, and spending time with his two
grandchildren, Brooklyn and Zain.

MCAA Faculty

Since 1955 Larry has been involved in track and field as coach, clinician, author, researcher, publisher, volunteer, announcer, and passionate fan. His coaching background includes full and part-time coaching positions at seven California community colleges and three universities including USC-6 yrs., UC Irvine-3 yrs., Cal Tech-3 yrs.

Larry has published, co-authored, and authored six track and field books including: Wilkins vs. Powell, California Community College Track & Field Hall of Champions, Classic Track & Field Tales, and Triple Jump Encyclopedia, the first American book on the event and the most extensive field event publication in the USA.

Larry is a member of the California Community College T&F Hall of Fame and for six years served as columnist for the Southern California JC T&F website. He is currently a volunteer horizontal jump coach at San Clemente HS and is the announcer for several large invitationals. He holds M.S. Education and M.A. Journalism degree from USC.

MCAA Faculty

Dr. Tim Preuss serves as Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences at Concordia University in Irvine. Dr. Preuss' career began in education where he served as a high school teacher and coach from 1983-85 in Houston, TX. In 1985 he accepted a call to Concordia University in Nebraska. Preuss served as assistant football coach and Director of Admissions until 1994 when he joined the faculty as a Professor of Health and Human Performance. In addition to football, he also assumed head coaching duties for the softball team and won three league titles between 1994 and 2001.

In 2005 Preuss accepted the call to become Assistant Professor of Exercise and Sport Science and Director of Athletics at Concordia – Irvine. During his tenure, the athletic department gained national prominence, finishing 6th, 5th, 3rd and 2nd in the Directors Cup National All-Sports standings.

As Dean of the School, Dr. Preuss oversees the Departments of Art, Music, Theatre, Communication, English & Humanities, Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, Behavioral Sciences, History & Political Science and Psychology.

The School also offers a Masters in Coaching and Athletic Administration for which Preuss serves as a faculty member teaching Sport Technology and Strength, Speed and Conditioning courses.

Dr. Preuss received his doctorate in Post-Secondary Leadership from the University of Nebraska – Lincoln in 2001.

Dr. Preuss is married to Debbie Lang-Preuss. He and Debbie have four children: Seth (18 and a freshman at Concordia), Lydia (14), Matthew (11) and Abigail (8).

Dr. Preuss has been teaching in the MCAA program since 2005. He has taught Sport Technology, Strength, Speed and Conditioning and Portfolio supervision.
He served as AD at CUI from 2005-2009 and was GSAC AD of the Year in 2008 as well as NAIA Region II AD of the Year (also 2008).

Dr. Preuss coached collegiate football for 20 years and collegiate softball for 7 years at Concordia-Nebraska winning multiple conference and regional championships. He was COY for Great Plains Athletic Conference in softball in 1998.

MCAA Faculty

MCAA 540 Sport Technology

Professor Randall serves as the Director of the Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching (CELT) and as an Assistant Professor of Instructional Design at Concordia University Irvine. The mission of CELT is to help students and professors more fully and efficiently use technology in their professions. This is accomplished through the CELT website (celt.cui.edu) and a physical location on our Irvine campus (Grimm Hall 206). He also teaches a variety of graduate and undergraduate courses related to technology including Sport, Information, and Educational Technology and is involved in the development of online education at the university.

Prior to Concordia, Professor Randall served as the technology coordinator for Abiding Savior Lutheran Church and School where he was responsible for staff and student technology development, implemented and administered the network and servers, the school database, the software for the library, the audio visual systems, and the point of sale system for the bookstore. He also has experience in the corporate world as computer trainer in network operating systems and end user applications. During this time he earned certifications as a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer and Trainer.

MCAA Faculty

MCAA 570 Sport Medicine and Performance

Jennifer Rizzo grew up in San Juan Capistrano, California. Jennifer played softball and volleyball each for 13 years, including four years as a starter in volleyball both high school and in college at Georgia State. She also spent time coaching volleyball. Jennifer graduated from Concordia University, Irvine in 2003. As a grad assistant she was given the opportunity to teach physical education classes where she fell in love with teaching. At Concordia, Jennifer received her Masters of Business Administration in 2005.

During this time, she obtained four years of experience working at ProSport Physical Therapy Clinic. She then worked for eight years as an Athletic Trainer. Four of these years were spent at Concordia University, Irvine where she is currently the Assistant Professor of ESS and Athletic Trainer. As an athletic trainer, Jen has worked with high school, college and professional athletes, including the USA gymnastics team during the world championships in 2002.

Currently she is working on her Ed.D with an emphasis in Sports Medicine through the United States Sports Academy, and is also an athletic trainer at Concordia University. In her spare time, Jen climbs mountains, runs in half marathons and bikes.

MCAA Faculty

Head Coach - 6th Season

Crystal Rosenthal brings in a record of 238-61 to her sixth campaign as
head coach after winning an NAIA National Championship in 2013.

In 2013 she led the Eagles to the program's first NAIA National
Championship with a 52-3 record. Rosenthal was voted NAIA and GSAC Coach
of the Year, becoming the first Concordia softball coach to earn the
national award, and garnering her second-straight GSAC COY honor. Her 2013
squad won their second-straight GSAC Championship with a perfect 16-0
conference record and second-straight GSAC/Cal-Pac Conference Tournament
Championship. They hosted and won the NAIA Opening Round and went 4-0
enroute to a National Championship at the NAIA Final Site in Columbus, GA.
She is currently second all-time in wins and first in winning percentage at
.796 on the Concordia career lists. Her 2013 pitching staff set school
records in ERA (.63) and strikeouts (445).

The Eagles won the inaugural GSAC/Cal Pac/Frontier Conference Tournament
and advanced to the NAIA Softball National Championship Pool Play in 2012.
Rosenthal's group won a program-record 56 games against 4 losses, including
a mark of 15-1 in Golden State Athletic Conference play. Along the way
they won a NAIA softball-record 44-straight games and broke school records
in wins, runs scored (482), batting average (.382), hits (606), doubles
(105), triples (21), home runs (84), RBI (430), and stolen bases (126). The
Eagles pitching staff set a season record in strikeouts (430). Concordia
finished the season ranked #6 in the NAIA Polls, and spent six weeks as #1
for the first time in program history. The Eagles won the second GSAC
Championship in program history and first in 20 years. Rosenthal was voted
the 2011 GSAC Coach of the Year.

Coach Rosenthal has won at least 40 games in all five of her seasons,
including two-straight 50-win seasons. Nobody prior to her arrival had won
50 games in a season. She has coached seven NAIA All-Americans, two GSAC
Player and Pitcher of the Year winners, and 18 All-GSAC selections.
Rosenthal coached four NAIA All-Americans in 2012 in Katie Carson, Katie
Cotta, Amanda Fama and Jenna Jorgenson. Katie Carson was named the Capital
One Academic All-American of the Year. In 2013 she coached three NAIA
All-Americans including Katie Cotta, Shainna Groom, and Jasmin Dresser.
Cotta was selected NAIA Pitcher of the Year.

MCAA Faculty

Administrative Assistant

MCAA Faculty

Director of the Online Program, MCAA
MCAA 530 Ethics and Sport

Rev. Dr. Dean Vieselmeyer attended Concordia College in Seward, Nebraska
earning a Bachelor of Science Degree in 1970. He attended Concordia
Theological Seminary in Springfield, Illinois, earning his Masters of
Divinity in 1974 and then completed a Master's Degree in Human Development
and the Family in 1982. He earned his Ph.D. in Education: Administration
and Curriculum/Instruction in 1989 from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln.

From 1974 until 1977 he served as instructor in religion and coached
football, wrestling, track and supervised the Strength and Conditioning
Program at Milwaukee Lutheran High School. Dean then served at Concordia
College, Seward, Nebraska, as Director of Student Life, Assistant Professor
of Theology, Assistant Football Coach and Strength and Conditioning
Coordinator. Since 1985 he has been at Concordia University Irvine as a
professor of theology and for 16 years as Dean of Students and Vice
President of Student Services. In 2000 Dean became the Executive Vice
President for Community and Church Relations. Then in 2008 Dean agreed to
help launch the Online Masters in Coaching and Athletic Administration
Program in which he had been teaching MCAA530 Ethics and Sport since 2004.

As Dean's two boys were growing up in Tustin, he coached football,
basketball, Little League and Pony Baseball. Today Dean divides his time
between directing the Online MCAA program, teaching New Testament to
undergrads and Ethics in Sport to graduates. He is in his 22nd year as an
Assistant Football Coach at Lutheran High School Orange County.

Dean conducts seminars, workshops, and Bible studies on leadership, team
building, conflict resolution, self-esteem, behavioral styles, strategies
for success, and family issues (sexuality, parenting and marriage
enrichment). He speaks in numerous congregations and schools and has served
as a speaker at district pastoral and teacher conferences, as well as at
national youth conferences. He has also spoken at the National Noel Levitz
Retention Conference and the National NASPA Conference on development of
the whole person, as well as leading seminars in Indonesia for 14 Christian
Universities on student development and character building. Dean has many
passions, but developing character in sport is number one!

Dean and his wife Dian, Dean of Student Success at Concordia, live in
Tustin, CA. They have two sons and four grandchildren.

Adjunct Faculty

MCAA Adjunct Instructor

Edward Begany is an educator with over 30 years of coaching experience. He received his B.A. Degree in Physical Education from Whittier College as well as a Master of Science from National University. Mr. Begany also received his single subject teaching credential from National University and his administrative clear credential from UC Irvine. Mr. Begany is currently the Assistant principal in charge of Athletics and Guidance at El Toro High School. He is very proud of the fact that he has coached for 28 years. Mr. Begany has coached at Mater Dei H.S., Fairmont Prep H.S., St. Paul H.S., La Habra H.S., Warren H.S. and Whittier College. Mr. Begany served as the Strength coach at all of his coaching stints. He is USA certified. He is very proud of his 6 CIF Championships and a National Championship from Mater Dei H.S. Mr. Begany has also coached basketball, soccer, track and field, baseball and softball. He worked for Kevin McNair, a nationally recognized conditioning coach. Mr. Begany was responsible for training professional athletes and athletes preparing for the combines. While working for Kevin McNair he was responsible for the Dodger’s strength training program from the farm systems to the big leagues.

MCAA Adjunct Instructor

Doug Bennett is the Executive Director of College Advancement at Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa.

His responsibilities include overseeing the fundraising and development activities for OCC, supervising the college's public relations and marketing team and serving as the director for OCC's weekend Swap Meet. He has been employed at OCC since 1986 and during that time he has had extensive involvement with the college's athletic program including being involved in fundraising and management of capital projects for OCC’s athletic program, supporting and supervising athletic events including state championships hosted by the college, providing advice and counsel to coaches and staff on athletic fundraising activities. He has also been involved in OCC's nationally recognized sailing and marine program, working on a variety of interesting donations and projects.

While at Orange Coast, he has been a spokesman and advocate for the college, holds the honorific title of “Mr. OCC” and has been involved in a wide range of development and communication activities including successful capital campaigns, board development, strategic planning for the foundation, endowment management, management of staff, and external and internal communications for OCC. Currently, he leads and manages Orange Coast College’s development, fundraising, communications, branding, marketing, media relations, internal communications, social enterprise activities including the highly successful Orange Coast College Swap Meet. Additionally, he serves as the Executive Director of the Orange Coast College Foundation.

Prior to joining OCC, his professional positions included being the Assistant Director of Development at St. Joseph Hospital in Orange and the public relations director for the Orange County Mental Health Association. He has a B.A. in Communications from Cal State and received my Master's from the Concordia MCAA program.

Doug lives in Orange in the foothill area near Irvine Park. He and his wife, Mailei, operate a recreation related business called the Riding Academy of Orange County which operates from their residence. They have a riding arena and own several horses that are used to provide lessons to mostly youth from about four years of age through teenagers.

Responsible for implementation of philosophies as directed by the Head football coach. Responsible for the installation of a no huddle Gun and Under Center spread and Hybrid Gun offense that included zone reads and passing game.
Responsible for practice scripts, wrist bands, offensive scouting reports.

Responsible for implementation of philosophies, schemes, strategies, techniques and skills development at all levels, including intermediate schools. Supervised and evaluated the performance of all boys’ coaches at high school and intermediate schools.

Implemented football schemes and techniques for 8 Elementary Schools and one Intermediate school.

Assisted in the creation and start up of a youth football program in Clovis, California that provided teams for the ages 8 through 12 years of age.

National High School Football Coaches Association - Regional Director, Western Region, Honorary Board Member

Responsible for implementation of philosophies, schemes, strategies, techniques and skills development at all levels, including intermediate schools.
Supervised and evaluated the performance of all boys’ coaches at high school and intermediate schools.

Installed all offensive procedures dealing with blocking the run and pass game. National and Regional level recruiter.
Coached defensive line in 1993.

Awards and Recognition

1996 Number 1 ranked team in NCAA Division II regular season.
1996 Number 1 ranked team in scoring in the nation
1995 Number 1 ranked rushing offense in the country NCAA Division II
1993, 1995, 1996 Lone Star conference champs
1993, 1995, 1996 NCAA Play-Off qualifier
1993, 1995 Western Regional Champions and Semi National Finalist
1995 Number 2 nationally ranked team in NCAA Division II
Number 1 ranked team at the NCAA Division II level in scoring 40.1 points per game, number 3 ranked in total offense per game, number 2 ranked team in rushing offense in the nation
Coached numerous All-Americans and most recently a number 1 NFL draft pick with the Philadelphia Eagles
1993 Top 10 ranked defenses at the NCAA Division II level

* 1997 – 2000 coached at Western Hills High School (DC) and Edinburgh North High School
**Early career includes extensive achievements in coaching and teaching at the College and High School Level.

MCAA Adjunct Instructor

Julius Clausen has been involved in ministry in the Missouri Synod Lutheran educational system for 39 years. He received his high school diploma from Concordia Academy, St. Paul, MN followed by a B.A. from Concordia College, St. Paul, MN and a M. Div. from Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, MO. His M.A. in Education was earned through Phoenix University. Pastor Clausen has served as a teacher, coach, athletic director, chaplain, assistant principal, principal, executive director and development director during his ministry at six Lutheran high schools as well as one Lutheran college. He also served a Lutheran parish for six years. He and his wife Nel, have two married sons and two grandchildren. He presently serves as the Principal of Sierra Lutheran High School in Carson City, Nevada.

MCAA Adjunct Instructor

Bill Cunerty received his B.A. from the University of Southern California and his M.A. in Education from Cal State Dominguez Hills. While attending USC, Cunerty was a two sport student-athlete, playing football and baseball under legendary coaches John McKay and Rod Dedeaux. Cunerty's teaching and coaching career began at his alma mater, North High School in Torrance, California. The Saxons won the Bay League football championship in his first year as head coach, and he was also a member of the baseball coaching staff that won two CIF championships. After North, Cunerty was the head football coach at Dana Hills High School and then Capistrano Valley High School, leading both schools to CIF playoff appearances during his tenure.

Bill Cunerty began his collegiate coaching career as the offensive coordinator for Saddleback College, and was part of two National Championships. After 14 years as the offensive coordinator, Cunerty was selected as the head football coach in 1995. In his first year as head coach, the Gauchos won the Mission Conference championship and the Simple Green Bowl. The following season, Saddleback won the National Championship and Cunerty was selected as the NCAA's National Junior College Coach of the Year. Coach Cunerty is also a founding partner, along with Mike Holmgren and Jim Fassel, of the West Coast Passing School; a camp that was attended by over 1,800 high school quarterbacks and receivers. In 2003 Cunerty began working for the Athlete's Performance Institute, training college players for the NFL Combine. In his time with the API, he has coached 6 first round draft picks and 38 players how have gone on to careers in the NFL.

In addition to his success on the football field, Cunerty has been just as successful on the golf course. Cunerty is the only head coach in California Community College history to have coached state championship teams in three different sports (football, men's golf, and women's golf). Cunerty continues his work as a color analyst for Cox 3 for Orange County high school and college teams. He is very active in the community, and was recognized for these efforts in 2008 by the Boy Scouts of America, being selected as one of six "Men of Character".

MCAA Adjunct Instructor

Rick Curtis grew up in Mission Viejo, California and graduated from Mission Viejo High School. After high school Rick earned his bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Cal State Fullerton and his teaching credential from the University of California, Irvine. Rick earned his master's degree in Coaching and Athletic Administration from Concordia University.

While at Cal State Fullerton, Rick began his coaching career at Servite High School in Anaheim, California. After receiving his teaching credential from the University of California, Irvine Rick began his teaching career in the Irvine Unified School District at University High School. Rick taught Accounting, Business Management, and Marketing during his teaching assignments. Rick was the head football coach at University High School for 5 years before moving over to Irvine High School. While at Irvine High School, Rick became the athletic director and coached football, basketball, track, softball, and golf during his tenure. With Rick as the defensive coordinator for the football team, Irvine gained CIF championships in 1991, 1992, and 1993.

After 14 years at Irvine High School, Rick opened Northwood High School as its athletic director and head football coach in 1999. Rick received the NFL's Coach of the Week award in October of 2000 and was a recipient of the CIF Southern Section's Pursuing Victory with Honor in 2001. Rick and his football coaching staff were named to coach in the 2004 South Orange County All-Star game and he led his team to a 22 – 8 victory in the annual Orange County classic. In 2005 Rick led his Northwood football team to the CIF finals.

Rick and his lovely wife, Mary, live in Irvine and are the proud parents of seven children and four grandchildren.

Davis, Brad

MCAA Adjunct Instructor

Brad Davis grew up in Pasadena into a basketball family. At last count, fourteen members of the Davis family played or coached college basketball. Brad followed suit and played Junior College basketball at Orange Coast College and Pasadena City College. In 1987, while attending Cal Poly San Luis Obispo as a Computer Science Major, Brad was invited to play for a basketball team touring Spain. After playing in Spain, he decided to enroll at Point Loma Nazarene University. His experience working with the youth in Spain awakened a passion to teach and coach. He changed his major from computer science to education and finished his playing career at PLNU. After graduation, he began his teaching and coaching career at Blair High School. During his fifteen years as an educator, he has worked at Newhart and Arroyo Vista Middle Schools, Blair, Tri-City and San Clemente high schools, Orange Coast Community College and Concordia University. In those years, he taught English, Physical Education, Science, History, Reading and Study Skills. He has worked as an Assistant Dean, Freshman Mentor, Discipline Team Committee Member, Head Basketball Coach, Head Volleyball Coach, Athletic Director, and Assistant Men's Basketball coach at Concordia University. He holds a Master's Degree in Teaching from Grand Canyon University and a Doctorate in Education with an emphasis in Sports Management and Leadership (ABD) from Northcentral University. He has been married 15 years to his wife Erica and has two great sons; Porter is 7 and Shad is 10. Brad began teaching in the Concordia University Masters Degree Program in Coaching and Athletic Administration in the summer semester of the 2008-09 academic year. He currently teaches MCAA 560, Principles of Leadership and Administration in Athletics.

MCAA Adjunct Instructor

Mark Davis received his teaching certificate from Concordia Teachers College in Seward, Nebraska. He later earned a Master's degree in Educational Administration from Azusa Pacific University in Southern California. His teaching experience includes middle/high school ministry in Arkansas and Hawaii. While in Hawaii, Mark also served as an elementary principal at St. Mark Lutheran School in Kaneohe and was assistant basketball coach at Hawaii Loa College. Mark's experience includes ministry with the Lutheran Church Foundation and a home-builder in Tennessee. Mark has over thirty years of high school coaching experience in both football and basketball, and served as Athletic Director at Lutheran High School of Hawaii and Orange Lutheran High School in California. Mark and his wife Jean have been married for 25 years and they have two children: Aaron, a sophomore at CLHS, and Faith, an 8th grader at Salem Lutheran School.

MCAA Adjunct Instructor

Head Wrestling Coach

In the fall of 1990, Scott Glabb took his teaching and coaching skills to Santa Ana High School at a time when the team was struggling dismally to gain the respect of the Orange County Wrestling community. However, while studying at California State University Long Beach to earn a second degree in English Literature and a California Teaching Credential, he guided the Saints to their first league Championship in 1993 - a Santa Ana High historical feat - then to a further nineteen straight league titles. By 1996, Glabb’s team had won the CIF (California Inter-scholastic Federation) DIV. III team championships and went on to capture the 1998, 1999, 2001 and 2003 CIF Team and Dual Meet Titles. In 2007, 2008 & 2010 The Saints won 3 more CIF Dual Meet Championships, thus totaling 12 CIF titles for the wrestling program as well as CIF runner-up 9 times.

With girls wrestling as one of the fastest growing sports in California, CIF created a regional and state championship series for the girls. Since 2009 the Santa Ana girls' wrestling team has had parallel success that of the boys' team with a 2nd place finish at state in 2013 and 4th in state 2012. The girls' program has 2 state champions, 8 state place winners, 4 CIF Champions and 3 All-Americans.

The highlight of Glabb’s coaching tenure was when the team placed 4th in the California State Championships and won the southern section masters meet in 1999. He has, to date, compiled an overall record of 369 wins and 66 losses. He has coached 30 individual CIF champions, 56 state qualifiers and 16 state place winners. Aside from these accomplishments, he is extremely proud of two National Championship wrestlers he has coached; Tony Perez who wrestled at 103 lbs. in 1998, and Jose Leon at 112 lbs. in 1999. Also, an alumni of Glabb is professional mixed martial arts fighter Gilbert "El Nino" Melendez, who holds a world championship belt at 155 lbs. Glabb is currently a member of the Orange County Wrestling Coaches Association and a member of the CIF Wrestling Advisory Committee. He won the Orange County Register’s Wrestling “Coach of the Year” Award in 1996 and 1998, the LA Times “Coach of the Year” in 1996, and the National Wrestling Coaches Association “California State Wrestling Coach of the Year” in 1999. He was also the recipient of the California Coaches Association state wrestling coach of the year award in 2007.

He is also involved with the Campus Ministry “Fellowship of Christian Athletes” and was honored as the FCA “John Wooden” Southern California Coach of the Year in 2003. In May 2004 Glabb was presented the “Coaches & Spouse Influence Award” by the Coaches of Influence Christian Ministry and was presented the Community Recognition Award by the city of Santa Ana Parks and Recreation Board.

In 2010 Glabb published a book called "A Saint in the City." It is the story of the individual journeys of a young coach who had been battling depression ... and his wrestlers who overcame various challenges of their own to find redemption in wrestling, and for their lives beyond the mat.

Number of years/months of service in the MCAA program:

2 Years as a student and 2 years as an instructor for coaching.

Number of years/months in Athletics Administration:

2 Years as Athletic Director and 30 years as a coach.

Honors/Awards/Recognition:

1996 OC Register Wrestling Coach of the Year

1996 LA Times Coach of the Year

1996 Orange County Wrestling Coaches Assoc. Coach of the Year

1998 OC Register Wrestling Coach of the Year

1998 Orange County Wrestling Coaches Assoc. Coach of the Year

1999 NCWA California State Coach of the Year

2003 Fellowship of the Christian Athlete "John Wooden" Coach of the Year

MCAA Adjunct Instructor

Coach Glover began his coaching career at the University of Nebraska where he earned a bachelors of Science degree in exercise science. While at Nebraska he was mentored by Boyd Epley and Mike Arthur at Husker Power. Bryan was introduced to strength and conditioning by competing in high school sports at Grand Island Central Catholic in Nebraska.

In 2000, Bryan accepted an assistant position at Colgate University. After two years of service he became the head strength coach at Colgate University. From Colgate he moved on to Oregon State University as assistant strength coach for one year.

He currently resides in Orange, California with his wife Jamie, daughter Lily Anne and son Jackson. He is associate athletic director at Orange Lutheran High School. His emphasis is directing the performance duties at Orange Lutheran. He has been assisting with the strength and conditioning ESS 585 Strength and Conditioning Class. This year he will be directing the class on site at Orange Lutheran and online.

The National Strength and Conditioning Association C.S.C.S. certify Bryan and he is strength coach certified by the Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association S.C.C.C.

MCAA Adjunct Instructor

Mike Gonzales was born in Pomona and grew up in Lake Forest, California. He attended El Toro High School where he was a member of the football, wrestling, and baseball teams that won six league championships. He was selected as the South Coast League Defensive Player of the Year during his senior football season as well as placing third in the CIF wrestling championships as a junior. Mike was twice selected as “Athlete of the Year” at El Toro High School.

After graduating high school, Mike pursued baseball at Santa Ana College Junior College where they won the Orange Empire Conference. Mike was selected to the first team All Orange Empire Conference as well as the All Southern California team. Mike then accepted a baseball scholarship to San Jose State University where he was named the team captain.

Mike received his B.A. from San Jose State University and his M.A. in Teaching from Grand Canyon University. Mike served in the Capistrano Unified School District teaching World History, while coaching football and baseball.

In August of 2000, after serving in the CUSD, Mike accepted the position of Head Baseball Coach at his Alma Mater, El Toro High School, where he teaches U.S Government. Since taking over the program in 2001, the Chargers have won seven League Championships and a CIF Championship in 2008. Mike was selected as the Orange County Baseball Coach of the Year by the Orange County Register as well as CIF Coach of the Year, and Diamond Baseball National West Region Coach of the Year, in 2008. Mike has had several of his players earn college scholarships as well as being selected in the Major League Baseball draft. Two of his former players are current Major League Baseball Players. Austin Romine and Nolan Arenado play for the New York Yankees and Colorado Rockies, respectively. In 2013, Nolan Arenado won the “ Rawlings Gold Glove” at third base being the first National League Rookie in history to win the award.

Mike currently serves on the CIF-SS Baseball Coaches Advisory Committee which includes recommendations for rules and procedural changes, recommendations for playoff sites, assistance to coaches and officials organizations, and a liaison between coaches and officials organizations as well as notifying the CIF-SS office of the weekly Top Ten Poll.

Mike resides in Lake Forest with his beautiful wife, Angelica, and their four children, Esperanza, Michael, Robert, and Estrella.

MCAA Adjunct Instructor

Armando Gonzalez has taught at the high school level for 10 years and from 1999-2000 he taught in the Kinesiology department at Cal State Northridge. Overall, he has been coaching for 20 years at both the high school and collegiate levels serving as the head football coach at Dos Pueblos High School from 2002 to 2004. Prior to becoming a head coach, Armando coached tight ends and receivers at Cal State Northridge from 1997 to 2001. His teaching experience includes physical education, American Government, Economics, World History, and College & Career Planning. This will be his 1st year as an adjunct faculty member in the Master of Coaching and Athletic Administration program.

Currently, Armando is going into his 7th year as the Athletic Director at San Juan Hills High School. Under his leadership, San Juan Hills has seen tremendous growth and continues to strive for competitive excellence among the giants of the South Orange County athletic scene. Opening in 2007, San Juan Hills is the newest school in the Capistrano Unified School District. During his tenure, the school has added an aquatics facility and multi-use stadium.

While at San Juan Hills, he has also served as an assistant football coach and recently helped the Stallions to their first league championship in 2013.

Armando is originally from Goleta, California where he attended Dos Pueblos High School playing both football and baseball. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree in History and a California Single Subject Teaching Credential in Social Science from Cal State Northridge. Recently, he completed a Master of Arts degree in Leadership and Spirituality from Vanguard University.

Armando and his wife, Renee, have been married for 12 years and reside in Laguna Hills.

MCAA Adjunct Instructor

Jon Hamro was born and raised in San Clemente, California, where he graduated from San Clemente High School in 1981. While in high school, Jon played football, basketball, and baseball before moving on to play football at both Saddleback Community College and then Cal-State University, Fullerton. Jon received his B.A. in English from Cal-State Fullerton and then went on to earn an M.A. in Education at Pepperdine University. Jon began his career in Education in 1992 when he was hired as an English Teacher and Assistant Varsity Football Coach at his alma mater, San Clemente High School, after a five year stint in the private sector.

While at San Clemente H.S., Jon served as an English Teacher for a number of years, and he is currently both the Boys' and Girls' Athletic Director as well as a Secondary Teaching Assistant Principal. Jon has been an Athletic Director for fifteen years; and, he has coached Football (18 years) at both the high school and community college level, track (13 years) at the high school level, and he has even coached soccer early on in his career.

In addition to the above, Jon has served in many capacities in league governance over the years and he is currently in charge of San Clemente High School's highly successful Voluntary Drug Testing Program (which he designed) and has had the good fortune of promoting through Regional Summits for the White House Office of Drug Control Policy in recent years.

Jon is about to begin his fifth year as an Adjunct Faculty Member for Concordia University, where he has taught MCAA 510 (Principles of Coaching and Leadership) a number of times as well as MCAA 590 (Coaching Academy) that runs during the Summer Session. Jon's background and experience working with coaches and educational leaders over the years have really helped prepare him to teach in the Masters Degree Program in Coaching and Athletic Administration here at Concordia University. Jon truly enjoys the experience of working with the highly-motivated students at Concordia University and he looks forward to doing it again this year!

Number of Years in MCAA: 9 years Adjunct Faculty at Concordia University, Irvine – MCAA Program

Number of Years in Athletics/Administration: 18 years Athletic Director at San Clemente High School (current position)

Honors/Awards: California League of High Schools Educator of the Year Recognition - 2011

MCAA Adjunct Instructor

Head Women's Soccer Coach

Scott Juniper has been the women's soccer head coach at UC Irvine since January 2006. In four seasons at the helm, Juniper put the Anteaters on the national map, leading the program to a historic 19-3-2 season and reaching NCAA Tournament for the first time in history in 2010. Juniper guided UCI to the Sweet Sixteen with victories over Arizona State and Wake Forest, before losing 1-0 in double overtime to the University of Washington at Anteater Stadium. The 2010 team also captured the Big West regular-season title with a record of 8-0-0, the first time that a team has ever been unbeaten and untied in Big West Conference play. The women's soccer team concluded the season ranked No. 14 in the nation and second in California (NSCAA). For his efforts, Juniper was recognized as the 2010 Big West Coach of the Year and NSCAA West Region Coach of the Year.

In the last four years, Juniper has compiled an overall record of 50-26-8. Juniper earned his Bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of Bristol (England) in 1998 and went on to receive his Master`s in sport and exercise science from the University of Bath (England) in 2002.

MCAA Adjunct Instructor

Dee Dee Kingsbury, Head Softball Coach at Whittier College will also be the Senior Woman Administrator conducting compliance/eligibility duties for the athletic department. Dee Dee will depart Cal State Fullerton after completing her 12th season as a coach at Cal State Fullerton. Hired prior to the 2003 season, Kingsbury was promoted to the Associate Head Coaching position in July 2008, where she focused her efforts on the development of the Cal State Fullerton pitching staff and coordinating the Titans' recruiting efforts.

During her tenure in Orange County, Kingsbury helped develop four NFCA All-Americans: Missy Taukeiaho, Ki Ki Munoz, Gina Oaks and Jodie Cox. She had five players earn a total of six NFCA All-West Region honors, and had 13 of her pitchers named to the All-Big West Conference squad - including seven first-team honorees and most recently Jasmine Antunez receiving the Big West Freshman Pitcher of the Year Award in 2013.

Prior to joining the Titans, Kingsbury spent three seasons as an assistant at Wisconsin, helping the Badgers to three Big Ten Tournaments and appearances in the NCAA Tournament in 2001 and 2002.

Kingsbury coached the Badgers' first-ever first-team All-Big Ten pitcher, Andrea Kirchberg, who owns nearly every pitching record at Wisconsin. In 2002, Kingsbury, Head Coach Karen Gallagher and Assistant Coach Ali Viola were named the Speedline/NFCA Division I Mideast Region Coaching Staff of the Year, sharing the honor with Notre Dame. She also shared that accomplishment while at Cal State Fullerton.

As a player, Kingsbury was a member of the 1990 and 1992 UCLA national championship-winning squads while earning All-Pacific-10 Conference honors twice in her career and first-team All-America honors as a senior in 1994. A Honda Broderick Award nominee in 1994, Kingsbury finished her Bruin career with a 59-13 overall record, a 0.79 ERA, 746 career strikeouts and 16 no-hitters. Kingsbury's 359 strikeouts in 1994 stand second on the single-season record lists and had stood as the UCLA record until last season. Kingsbury also holds the NCAA career record for strikeout ratio at 10.4 strikeouts per seven innings.

She continued her playing career for the USA national team and finally in the Women's Professional Softball League, playing four seasons (1997-00) after being drafted as the 10th selection of the second round of the 1996 Amateur Draft. Kingsbury won the 1999 WPSL championship with the Tampa Bay Firestix and recorded the first strikeout, complete game, victory, save and shutout in team history. She was also the first pitcher to throw a perfect game in WPSL history, shutting down the Carolina Diamonds on Aug. 1, 1998. Her team won the WPSL Championship in 1999.

Kingsbury was a two-time WPSL All-Star selection in 1998 and 1999, and ranks first in league history in games started (83), complete games (70), innings (640.3) and appearances (113). She ranks second in strikeouts (446) and saves (6) while ranking third in wins (46) and shutouts (10).

Kingsbury graduated from UCLA with a bachelor’s degree in sociology in 1994. She received her Master’s Degree in Coaching and Athletic Administration the fall of 2013 from Concordia University of Irvine. She looks forward to teaching a class for Concordia in the Fall 2014. The former Dee Dee Weiman and her husband, Mike, have a son, Tyler, and daughters, Isabella and Brooklyn, and reside in Buena Park, Calif.

MCAA Adjunct Instructor

Steve Martin has been in secondary education for thirty five years, thirty one of those years he has served as an Athletic Director at five different high schools. Currently, Steve is the Athletic Director at Ayala High School located in Chino Hills. The Bulldogs are a large High School with very successful boys and girls athletic programs. For the past ten years Steve has led Ayala to the achievement of the Sierra League All Sports Trophy. The league awards this trophy for the highest placement in all levels of league play. Steve has also had the opportunity to "open" three new high schools and set the standards for athletics within those new schools.

Steve has served on various advisory committees for the CIF Southern Section. He was President of the Foothill/Citrus Athletic Directors Association of the San Gabriel Valley in 1986. In 1996 he was honored by the Southern Section CIF as Athletic Director of the Year at the CSADA convention. The following year Steve was honored as the 1997 California Coaches Association's Boys Athletic Director of the Year. In 1998 Steve completed the course of Coaching Principles & Leadership Training offered by the National Federation Interscholastic Coaches Education Program and is now a certified instructor. Steve has also successfully completed the Character Counts Sports Training Seminar offered by the Joseph Josephson Institute of Ethics. Steve has been a speaker at several of the CSADA State Conferences with topics ranging from "Dealing with Difficult Parents" to "Summer Sports Camps-Another Season of Sport". In 2008 Steve was honored with the "Bob Troppmann Lifetime Achievement Award" given by the State Athletic Directors at the State conference.

MCAA Adjunct Instructor

Head Cross Country Coach

Coach Medellin is beginning his 30th year as a coach at Esperanza High School. Under his skillful coaching the Lady Aztecs have won 11 League Championships. They have won four Orange County Championship titles ('98, '01, '02, and '03). In CIF Southern Section, the Lady Aztecs have had six CIF SS Runner-ups ('92, '94, '97, '98, '99, '07), and one 3rd place finish in 2006. They have three times been California State Runner-ups ('97, '98, 07) and have won one CIF SS Championship in 1996. Coach Medellin has been named Orange County Register's Cross Country Coach of the Year three times. He has coached over twelve Track & Field CIF SS champions and three Track & Field News All-Americans, and was named 2010 Orange County Register's Men's Track Coach of the Year. The Lady Aztecs have won 178 dual meets out of 212 meets for an 84% winning percentage under Coach Medellin. The Lady Aztecs have had 11 undefeated seasons in Cross Country.

Coach Medellin has served on the CIF Coaches Advisory Board and has represented the California Coaches Alliance at the CIF board meetings. He has authored several rule changes over the last 30 years, most recently allowing teams to have more than nine runners eligible to run in the CIF prelims and finals. Coach Medellin has also written several articles for www.coacheseducation.com and Track & Field News on the steeplechase and coaching high school athletes.

MCAA Adjunct Instructor

MCAA 520 Psychology of Sport

Currently, Teacher of Advanced Placement Psychology and International Baccalaureate Psychology at Great Oak High School, Temecula, CA

Former Athletic Director and Assistant Principal, Great Oak High School.

36 years in Public and Private education as a Teacher, Coach, and Administrator.

Sports and Education Experience

Teaching from K -12 grade: History, World Religions and Culture, Special Education, Psychology, P.E., Life Science, English Language Arts, and AVID.

School Administration: Elementary School Principal, High School and Middle School assistant Principal, Athletic Director

Coaching: Varsity Baseball; St. Bonaventure High School and Ontario High School. Varsity Basketball; St. Bonaventure High School. Football; Damien High School and Don Lugo High School. Club and Rec Sports; Soccer, Softball, Track and Field, Volleyball, and Basketball

Officiating: High School and Youth Baseball and High School and Youth Basketball

Participant: Running and Triathlon

Gary's wife of 32 years, Debi, is also a teacher. They have been blessed with 3 wonderful daughters.

Professor Oddi has always had a passion for sport and fitness. It has been rewarding for him to establish motivational strategies with athletes, staff members, and students over the years. He looks forward to sharing this passion while exploring the exciting field of Sport Psychology!

MCAA Adjunct Instructor

Kristine Palle received her B.A. and California Teaching credential from Cal State Fullerton. After graduation Palle taught math while working for the University of California, Irvine's Education Outreach Program. While at UCI, Palle designed a math and English SAT/College preparation program that was geared towards motivating students in low income areas towards college aspirations. After completion of her Master's in Education, Palle returned to her alma mater, Mission Viejo High School, to teach and help to turn around the girls' aquatics program. While the coach of the aquatics program, her teams captured multiple league championships and two CIF titles.

Soon after returning to Mission Viejo High School, Palle was named athletic director. Palle is in her fifth year as an Assistant Commissioner for the CIF Southern Section and is still involved in playing water polo and coaching. Recently, she was selected to the National Federation of State High School Associations Water Polo Rules Committee. Palle credits her own experience as a student-athlete, as well as the influence of her family and coaches, for the motivation to pursue her career in athletic administration. Palle looks to continue her education so she can continue to serve the CIF southern section, its member schools, and the thousands of student-athletes who participate in high school sports.

MCAA Adjunct Instructor

Jim Perry earned his degree in Physical Education at the University of Southern California in 1974 while playing basketball for the Trojans. Jim began his career in teaching, coaching, and athletic administration at the high school and college levels in 1975.

Since then, he has served as Chairman of the National Coaches Council and President of the National Council of Secondary School Athletic Directors. Jim has also served as a member of the Building Character Through Sports Task Force for the White House and Congressional Conferences.

In 1997, Jim was inducted into the Southern California Interscholastic Basketball Coaches Association’s “Hall of Fame.”

Jim has served on the Board of Directors to the National Association for Sport and Physical Education. In 2003, the Boys and Men’s Athletics Division of the California Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance named Jim their “Secondary School Educator of the Year.”

The California State Athletic Directors Association named Jim the “California State Athletic Director of the Year” for 2006.

Jim currently serves on the California Interscholastic Federation Southern Section Athletic Directors Advisory Committee, and the Basketball Advisory Committee. He also currently serves on their Executive Committee. Jim also serves at the state level on the California Interscholastic Federated Council.

In March of 2012, Jim was inducted into the National Association of Sport and Physical Education “Athletic Director Presidential Hall of Fame.”

Jim retired in July of 2013 with 38 years of experience at the high school and college levels. He now is an adjunct professor at Concordia University – Irvine and the District Athletic Director for the Huntington Beach Union High School District.

MCAA Adjunct Instructor

MCAA 540 Sport Technology

Mark Preston grew up in upstate New York. After high school, Mark got his Associate Degree at Alfred State College and Bachelor of Arts degree in Physical Education from the State University of New York at Cortland. Mark played baseball at Alfred State College. Mark earned his Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science from the University of California at Irvine and worked in the computer industry for many years. Mark got his Masters Degree in Coaching and Athletic Administration in 2008. After earning his Masters Degree he began teaching in the MCAA program. He currently teaches MCAA 540 Sport Technology at Concordia and coaches soccer at Trabuco Hills High School.

MCAA Adjunct Instructor

MCAA 580

Gilbert Ramirez has served in education for almost 25 years, has taught earth and life science, health, and physical education; and has served as a physical education department chair, athletic director and secondary teaching assistant principal. He has coached a variety of varsity sports and has several years as a varsity high school basketball official.

Gil is currently Tesoro High School's Athletic Director, President of the Orange County Athletic Directors Association and is an adjunct professor, teaching the MCAA 580 course in the Master of Arts in Coaching and Athletic Administration program at Concordia University.

Gil was born in Montebello, California and attended Schurr High School before earning his Bachelors Degree from California State University, Long Beach and Masters Degree from California State University, San Bernardino. He currently resides in Mission Viejo, California with his wife, Catherine, and children, Tyler and Johana.

MCAA Adjunct Instructor

Mike Reardon began his teaching and coaching career in 1969. He is a graduate of Weber State University with a major in Physical Education and a minor in Biology. His first coaching assignment was an assistant to every male sport in a small school in the west desert of Utah. After spending 4 years as an apprentice he moved to a larger school in the district as an assistant in football, basketball and baseball.

In 1976 Mike moved on to Colorado State University as a graduate assistant in football, receiving his Masters Degree in Education in 1978. While attending classes at CSU he was in charge of the J.V. football program as well as coaching the offensive line and defensive secondary. He was an instructor in the Department of Physical Education along with his other duties.

Returning to his home state, Reardon assisted at several high schools in the Salt Lake City area, coaching football and baseball. He became the head baseball coach at Granite High School in 1985. A second opportunity came about in 1989 when he was asked to coach the running backs at the University of New Hampshire. After 2 seasons on the East coast he returned to SLC to become the Head Football Coach at Cottonwood High School where he remained for 7 years. He was elected as President of the Utah Football Coaches Association president working in conjunction with the Utah Activities Association.

For the past 11 years, Reardon has been a head football coach at the high school level, in Phoenix Arizona. This is his first term as an instructor in the Master's Program at Concordia, teaching the MCAA 510 class.

MCAA Adjunct Instructor

Troy joined the MCAA team in August of 2014. He serves as a Culminating Project Advisor for students working on their Portfolios. Troy received his undergraduate degree from Pitzer College, Claremont where he majored in English and World Literature and competed as a collegiate basketball player for the Sagehens. In addition, he holds an M.A. degree from Concordia University, Irvine from the MCAA program and a Clear Clad Teaching Credential from National University. Currently, Troy is an AP/IB English teacher at Mission Viejo High School and serves as the school's sole Athletic Director.

MCAA Adjunct Instructor

MCAA 510 Principles of Coaching and Leadership

Kent Schlichtemeier is a teacher. He started his teaching career in 1978 teaching 6th-8th grades in Oxnard, CA.

After completing his Master's degree at Denver University in 1984, he continued his teaching career at the high school level in Orlando, FL. Kent served as a Professor in the School of Education at Concordia University Irvine from 1988-2003 where he mentored future teachers.

In addition to teaching at Concordia, Kent was the women's basketball coach until retiring in 1993 to pursue his doctorate degree. During the final two seasons of Kent's tenure as coach, the Lady Eagle Basketball team made two consecutive appearances at the NAIA National Basketball Tournament after winning the Golden State Athletic Conference Championships. Kent was voted the District Three NAIA Coach of the Year in 1992 and 1993 and was voted into the Concordia Athletic Hall of Fame in 2006.

In 1996, Kent completed his Ed.D. at UCLA in Educational Leadership. Kent served as a teacher and Assistant Principal at Orange Lutheran High School from 2003-2007 before returning to teach at Concordia University. Kent enjoys frequent opportunities to speak at sports banquets, school graduations, athletic camps, teacher conferences, and retreats. Kent and his wife Cindy, son Aaron, and daughter Kayla live in Irvine.

MCAA Adjunct Instructor

MCAA 580 Legal Aspect of Sport

Mary Scott was born and raised in Chicago and was fortunate to participate in organized athletics in elementary school, high school and college. Mary graduated from Concordia University in Chicago with a bachelor's degree in Secondary Education with a Physical Education major.

After graduation, Mary was hired as a physical education teacher and coach at Martin Luther High School, Maspeth, NY. While there, Mary was chair of the physical education department, began the girls' volleyball program and taught health courses. She also assisted the girls' basketball team. During this time, Mary completed her master's degree in Athletic Administration from Adelphi University in Garden City, New York.

In 1984, Mary was hired by St. Francis College in Brooklyn Heights, a participant in the NCAA Division 1, as the head coach of the women's volleyball team.

Mary was hired as a member of the faculty at Concordia University Irvine (then Christ College Irvine) in 1985. As a member of the faculty, Mary designed and wrote courses for the exercise and sport science major and the sport management program. She taught all level of courses within the major and the program as well as for Concordia University Educational Network (CUENet) and the school of education.

Mary's goal was to build the women's intercollegiate athletic program. For three years she was the head coach of the women's volleyball and basketball teams and was appointed Athletic Director in 1988. As Athletic Director, Mary oversaw the successful development of the intercollegiate athletic program, led the institution's entrance into the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and the Golden State Athletic Conference (GSAC). She oversaw all aspects of the athletic department including hiring, sports information, athletic training, game management and facilities; and developed fundraising initiatives, including two golf tournaments and summer camp programs.

In 1996 Mary was appointed as Vice President for University Services where she supervised all contracted services for the campus including bookstore operations, copy services, facilities, and food service; supervised campus security operations including transportation and emergency preparedness; oversaw the design and construction of two residence halls, the campus student union, new outdoor fields for athletics and students, and re-models of two existing buildings into faculty office space. During this time she continued to teach courses in Exercise and Sport Science and Educational Leadership and wrote course content for use on Blackboard and WebCT. She earned her doctorate in Education from Pepperdine University. The title of her dissertation is, "Critical Factors Used as Criteria for the Selection of Qualified Candidates, Particularly Women, for the Position of Athletic Director in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics."

In 2000 Mary was appointed Vice President for Administration. In addition to her duties in University Services, Mary oversaw the hiring and termination of all staff and faculty; oversaw the design of Grimm Hall, the new campus administrative and classroom building which opened in March 2006; represented the university in the community; continued to teach courses in Exercise and Sport Science and Educational Leadership; and served as a lead instructor for the Concordia University – Shenzhen (China) Education Bureau (SEB) educational partnership.

Currently serving as Executive Vice President of the University and Provost since 2006, Mary supervises five deans, the associate provost, the registrar's office, the office of global programs, department chairs, 97 full-time faculty, over 220 part-time faculty, the library, and various members of the staff. She leads faculty searches, hiring, development, rank and contract processes; oversees the academic governance of the institution including significant re-structuring and committee elimination during the 07-08 academic year; oversees the accreditation process; and leads the development of new academic programs from inception.

Mary has been honored to have been selected as the NAIA District 3 Athletic Administrator of the Year (1990 – 1991 and 1991- 1992) and inducted into the Concordia Irvine's and Concordia Chicago's Athletic Halls of Fame.

“I have always admired this program for what it teaches athletic administrators and for the opportunities this degree opens for our students, “ he said. “I am honored to be part of this staff and will direct my energies to expanding the program and improving the services we provide our students.”

MCAA Adjunct Instructor

MCAA 580 Legal Aspect of Sport

During the last three years, Ronald A. Van Blarcom has instructed over 500 students in the fundamental and emerging legal issues applicable to contemporary sport. As an adjunct instructor for Concordia University, he currently teaches Legal Aspects of Sport to students in the Masters of Coaching and Athletic Administration program and Sports Law to students in the Exercise and Sports Science program.

Ron has been a practicing California lawyer for over 25 years. He has served as general counsel to several public agencies and nonprofit organizations, and currently serves as General Counsel to Concordia University in Irvine CA. He has spent significant time advising governing boards and management staff on general legal matters relating to contracts, finances, personnel issues and regulatory compliance. Ron has represented cities, water districts, public agencies, high schools, nonprofit organizations, community groups, land development companies and individuals. He is no stranger to litigation, and has represented both plaintiffs and defendants in numerous lawsuits. He is counsel of record in two reported California Appellate Court cases.

A graduate of Concordia University in Irvine CA (BA 1983) and the University of California, Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco CA (JD 1986), Ron began his legal career with Best, Best & Krieger in Riverside CA. He later moved to Orange County to practice with Stradling, Yocca, Carlson & Rauth in Newport Beach CA. In 1993, he founded Van Blarcom, Leibold, McClendon & Mann, a law firm that specialized in serving public agency clients and in assisting private sector clients in their dealings with public agencies. In 2006, he began an independent law practice providing legal assistance and counsel to select clients.

Ron does not hesitate to share his legal expertise by serving on committees, speaking to various groups, writing articles for publication and teaching. He began teaching in 1988 at Concordia University Irvine CA. From 1994-2006 he taught at Chapman University in Orange CA. During his career, he has taught legal concepts to well over 1,000 students at both the masters and undergraduate levels.

MCAA Adjunct Instructor

Program Founder and Director

Tom White serves as the Program Director for the Master of Arts in Coaching and Athletic Administration program. His professional career involves experience in all aspects of sport; teacher-coach, athletic director, college coach, school district athletic administrator and school administrator.

Mr. White's 44-year career in education, athletics and coaching education spans from Appleton West High School in Wisconsin to the Capistrano Unified School District in Southern California, with stops in La Puente, San Clemente, Capistrano Valley High School and at Saddleback Community College.

Prior to Concordia to found the MCAA program, White was the Director of Athletics and Activities for the Capistrano Unified School District. His responsibilities included the development of the Capistrano Coaching Education program, the implementation of the "Pursuing Victory with Honor" sportsmanship program and providing leadership for the athletic and activities programs which serve the 51,500 students in this public school district.

While at Concordia, Mr. White helped begin the MCAA program in 2005 with twelve graduate students. Currently over 700 students are enrolled in the program. The MCAA program has become a nationally recognized leader in the field of athletic education, viewing coaching and athletic administration as an academic discipline while responding to and implementing change in the world of athletics.

Professional contributions include service on the Governor's Task Force on Drug Abuse, National Track and Field Advisory Board, CIF Southern Section Track and Field Advisory Committee, CIF Southern Section League Representative, CIF Coaching Certification Instructor, and CIF Sports Ethics Committee. White has presented at regional and national conferences and seminars in the field of coaching education and athletic administration. Additional honors include being named "Teacher of the Year", California Track and Field "Coach of the Year" and named "Coach of the Year" on ten occasions.

Tom is the proud father of two daughters. Carin Searby is a UCLA graduate currently living in Palm Beach, Florida with her husband Fred, daughter Camille (3) and son Frederick (1). Daughter Katie is a Family Practice Physician in San Diego, California.

He feels very blessed and thankful to be in the position in life to help students attain their personal goals and dreams.

MCAA Adjunct Instructor

Rob Wigod grew up in Long Beach, California and graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School. After high school, Rob matriculated to California State University, Long Beach graduating in 1982 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in History. While at CSULB, Rob began coaching football at Wilson High School and realized he wanted to become an educator. In 1983, he earned his Secondary Schools Teaching Credential and began teaching in the Long Beach Unified School District, first at Herbert Hoover Middle School for one year and then Lakewood Senior High School for 14 years. At Lakewood High School, Rob taught U.S. Government, U.S. History and Criminal/Civil Law, while also coaching Varsity Football, Varsity Baseball and serving as Boys Athletic Director.

In August, 1988, during the time he worked at Lakewood High School, Rob earned his Master’s Degree in Education from Azusa Pacific University.

After 15 years in the Long Beach Unified School District, Rob accepted the position of Head Baseball Coach and Boys Athletic Director at Los Alamitos High School, where he also taught U.S. Government. In his two years there, the Griffins were Sunset League Baseball Champions both years and advanced to the C.I.F. Southern Section Baseball Playoffs, reaching the Quarterfinals and Semifinals. Rob was selected as Orange County Baseball Coach of the Year by the Orange County Register and the L.A. Times, Long Beach Press-Telegram Dream Team Coach of the Year and Sunset League Coach of the Year in 1999 and 2000.

In August, 2000, Rob became an Assistant Commissioner for the C.I.F. Southern Section, the organization that oversees all of the high school sports programs for over 575 public and private high schools throughout Southern California. Rob served as an Assistant Commissioner for 11 years and his primary responsibilities were managing football, wrestling and baseball, while also working with student eligibility and sports officials.

On August 2, 2011, Rob became the Commissioner of Athletics for the C.I.F. Southern Section.

Rob began teaching in the Concordia University Master’s Degree Program in Coaching and Athletic Administration 7 years ago. In 2012, Rob was selected as a Concordia University California Coaches Conference Legacy in Sports Award winner and was honored as the Teacher of the Year in the Concordia University Master’s Degree Program in Coaching and Athletic Administration for the 2009-2010 school year. He currently teaches MCAA 591, the Athletic Director Institute and has also taught MCAA 510, Principles of Coaching and Leadership and MCAA 595, the Culminating Project, where he has served as a graduate advisor for over 50 students who have completed their Portfolios and earned their Masters Degrees.

MCAA Adjunct Instructor

MCAA 540 Sport Technology

Rainer Wulf grew up in the San Gabriel Valley of southern California and graduated from Bishop Amat High School in 1978. He was a member of the basketball team where he received the Pat Haden Scholar-Athlete Award during his senior year. After a 2 year stint at Citrus Community College in Azusa, Ca., Rainer moved on to
U.C. Irvine where he was a member of the Men's Basketball team and graduated in 1982. He earned a Bachelors of Arts Degree in Social Sciences and a Secondary School Teaching Credential in 1983.

He played professional basketball in Sydney, Australia and returned in 1985 to begin his teaching and coaching career at University High School in Irvine, Ca. In 1987 Rainer was hired as a Social Science Teacher and Head Boy's Basketball Coach at Trabuco Hills High School in Mission Viejo, Ca. In his tenure at THHS, the Runnin' Mustangs won 2 CIF-SS Championships and were California State Finalists in 1989. Twice he was named CIF-SS Coach of the Year. He was inducted into the Southern California Interscholastic Basketball Coaches Association's Hall of Fame in 2011.

Rainer has earned his Master of Arts Degree in Education from Azusa-Pacific University and in 1998 was hired as an Athletic Director at Trabuco Hills. In 2008 he was named the CIF-SS Athletic Director of the Year by the California State Athletic Directors Association. He served in that capacity until 2008 when he was hired as an Assistant Commissioner of Athletics by the California Interscholastic Federation - Southern Section. Currently, Rainer administrates basketball, track & field, cross country and tennis, while also involved with student eligibility for the CIF-SS.

In the fall term of 2009, Rainer began teaching in the Concordia University Masters Degree Program in Coaching and Athletic Administration. He has taught MCAA 562 – Facilities and Event Management as well as MCAA 573 - Advanced Theories & Strategies for Coaching Basketball. This term Rainer has begun advising in the MCAA 595 – Culminating Project course for students completing their Professional Portfolios and earning their Masters Degrees.